by Duncan McLeod | Aug 21, 2023 | Life Skills
My sober Life is an adventure of non-stop discovery. It is so exciting. It is like regularly finding a million quid stuffed down the back of the sofa and realizing it’s been there forever and it’s mine to use. I’ve started spending! I recently delved...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 12, 2023 | Alcohol free, life building,, Life Skills
Firstly and foremost, I am enough. I have nothing to hide except myself and the components that make me, me. Why would I want to conceal who I am? Because since I first stepped out onto the world stage at nursery school, well-wishers and good-intentioned people have...
by Duncan McLeod | Mar 8, 2023 | Gratitude, Recovery from addiction
Today is International Women’s Day. It is a day to pause and allow my thoughts to consider the lot and the contribution of women worldwide and throughout history. The women I work and live alongside are an impressive bunch of people. Likewise, are they also at...
by Duncan McLeod | Feb 25, 2023 | Faith, life building,, Life Skills, Sobriety
Love is the essential existential fact. It is our ultimate reality and our purpose on earth (Marianne Williamson). If that is true, what is it, and where do I get me some? Love is a humble little word, covering an almost endless cache of wisdom. The word has been...
by Duncan McLeod | Jan 29, 2023 | Alcohol free, dry january, Faith, Life Skills, Musings, Recovery from addiction, sober curious, Sobriety
1DAAT is a term often used in the sober community. It is advice I would do well to heed. “One Day At A Time” There are so many battlegrounds where this approach can help me to victory: Anywhere I face a problem which threatens to overwhelm me by its sheer...
